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Gabri Christa's 'Kankantri' Florida Premiere Featured in the Miami Herald

Gabri Christa's film Kankantri is highlighted in the Miami Herald as part of ScreenDance Miami 2025, where it will have its Florida premiere during the festival’s Official Selections closing event.

Gabri Christa 12/3/24 Gabri Christa 12/3/24

Conch Shell International Film Fest Interviews Gabri

Listen to Thermal Soundwaves host C.Truth (CSIFF24 Media Partner) interview with CSIFF24 Filmmaker Gabri Christa ("KANKANTRI")

Gabri Christa 11/8/24 Gabri Christa 11/8/24

Broad View International Film Festival Interviews Gabri about Sheila

Listen to Gabri talk about her short experimental documentary “Sheila” in an interview by Christian Zyp as part of Broad View International Film Festival on Fri Nov 8th at 9pm at Metro Cinema.

Gabri Christa 10/3/24 Gabri Christa 10/3/24

Barnard College Celebrates Gabri Christa and the Release of ‘KANKANTRI’

Barnard College of Columbia University features Gabri and her new film Kankantri as "the award-winning professor of professional practice merges dance, film, and spiritual discovery in her latest cinematic project".

Gabri Christa 9/1/23 Gabri Christa 9/1/23

Gabri is Guest Editor and Contributor of The Scholar & Feminist Online (Summer 2023) “To Make Visible Everywhere: Our Bold, Beautiful, Aging Bodies”

The Summer 2023 issue of The Scholar & Feminist Online, entitled “To Make Visible Everywhere: Our Bold, Beautiful, Aging Bodies” was guest edited by Gabri Christa and Sheril Antonio. Gabri also contributed “Some History and an Introduction,” “Sheila: A Short, Experimental Documentary,” and “Sajda: A Celebration” to the issue.

Gabri Christa 8/16/23 Gabri Christa 8/16/23

Frameform Podcast Features Gabri

Listen to Gabri Christa’s episode on the podcast frameform, including clips from the workshop she offered at Dance Camera West on single-shot filmmaking, which covered important fundamentals of making your creative visions a reality, no matter what your chosen format.

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DCW Outstanding Career Achievement Award

Gabri Christa was guest of honor at Dance Camera West, where she gave a workshop and many of her films were screened, including her new short Sheila. Gabri then received Dance Camera West’s Outstanding Career Achievement award.

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Moving Body-Moving Image 2022 Festival in the News!

Thank you so much for outpouring of support and interest in the 2022 Moving Body-Moving Image Festival: The Moving Body with Disabilities.

Please check out these interviews with Gabri Christa, the Festival’s Founder and Director, by Jess Ruhlin for Bodies Never Lie and Melanie Breault for the Sandi Klein Show; Festival review by Emilee Lord for thINKingDANCE; and feature by Stephi Wild for Broadway World.

Gabri Christa 3/1/22 Gabri Christa 3/1/22

Jazz Festival 33: A celebration of the life of its founder, Sajda Musawwir Ladner, set for March 12

The Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA), an organization providing life enrichment programs to Staten Islanders for more than 50 years, will celebrate the life of Sajda Musawwir Ladner, the former executive and artistic director and founder of the Staten Island JAZZ Festival, on Saturday, March 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the historic St. George Theatre.

Gabri Christa contributes her memory of Sajda.

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Published Roundtable in The International Journal of Screendance

The International Journal of Screendance published an edited version of the roundtable entitled “Screendance Festivals and Online Audiences” featuring Gabri Christa discussing moving the 2020 Moving Body-Moving Image Festival online.

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Till Victory is won: 10/26/19 Brooklyn Public Library

Bring your voice to this discussion on October 26 at the Brooklyn Public Library for Lay Down Your Sword and Shield, a public conversation with Sasha Alexander.